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Cocoa Pecan Truffles

Cocoa Pecan Truffles

A delicious and nutritious treat for everyday and holidays. Keep a few in the fridge and freeze...

Cocoa Brownies

Cocoa Brownies

When you need or want to bake without wheat flour, brownies are low risk. Because they use such a...

Berry Crisp Granola

Berry Crisp Granola

I made this granola for my son who is going through some GI issues and needs to follow a low...

Cashew Bars

Cashew Bars

Made with raw cashews, cacao butter (Navitas Organics now sells convenient wafers), and sweetened...

Orange Madeleine Cake

Orange Madeleine Cake

An orange version of my original Madeleine Cake, adapted from Dorie Greenspan's Quatre-Quarts. If...

Meyer Lemon Curd

Meyer Lemon Curd

Homemade lemon curd is one of those things that seems difficult until you do it. Three eggs, and a...

Canelés de Bordeaux

Canelés de Bordeaux

I've never made canelés until recently. Beeswaxing individual, copper molds, preferably antique,...

Baked Spiced Pears

Baked Spiced Pears

As with most of my recipes, consider this a starting point and have fun making it your own. The...

X Cookies

X Cookies

One of my favorite and most used baking books is Baking with Julia. I grew up watching Julia Child...

Snowball Cookies

Snowball Cookies

Butter, toasted pecans, and just a touch of powdered sugar make for the best snowball cookies....

Brandied Pumpkin Pie

Brandied Pumpkin Pie

Year after year, Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving, I make the brandied pumpkin pie from Gourmet...

Chocolate Mini Loaves

Chocolate Mini Loaves

Don't let pumpkin have all the fun this fall, chocolate bread and cookies are great too! Thanks to...

Coffee Gelée

Coffee Gelée

The raspberry gelée I made to top panna cotta last weekend didn't gel. The recipe called for...

Panna Cotta

Panna Cotta

Panna cotta is a dessert made with lightly sweetened cream that is delicious with fresh berries,...

Fior di Latte Gelato

Fior di Latte Gelato

Campione got me going on this fior di latte/fleur de lait topic. They serve it two ways for...

Rhubarb Crumb Cake

Rhubarb Crumb Cake

This crumb cake is the offspring of three good cakes—Stella Moss's Rhubarb Sheet, the Rhubarb...

Ginger Pecan Snaps

Ginger Pecan Snaps

These cookies are crisp and reminiscent of gingerbread with a satisfying complexity that's rare in...

Cinnamon Baked Donuts

Cinnamon Baked Donuts

Here's a donut version of cinnamon toast. I like using buttermilk and an additional hit of apple...

Lemon Lavender Bundt Cake

Lemon Lavender Bundt Cake

This is Flo Braker's Lemon Lavender Mail-a-Cake from Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of...

Chocolate Wafer Cookies

Chocolate Wafer Cookies

These chocolate wafer cookies are the Miette graham crackers I made awhile back but amped up with...

Graham Crackers

Graham Crackers

These graham crackers are adapted from the bakery, Miette, published in Miette: Recipes from San...

Bouchons for High-Altitude

Bouchons for High-Altitude

Bouchon Bakery's signature treat, made in the shape of a cork, is really just a brownie—but a very...

Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

There are three factors to making bakery-style sugar cookies at home. You know what you...

Strawberry Cashew Cream

Strawberry Cashew Cream

Raw food chefs use cashews to make everything from "cheese" to "cheesecake". Being somewhat of a...

Pumpkin Cookies

Pumpkin Cookies

My daughter and I are crazy for a cakey pumpkin cookie that they make at The Daily here in...

Oatmeal Crumble Berry Bars

Oatmeal Crumble Berry Bars

There are thousands of recipes out there for something similar. But the reason I post is to share...

Peach and Blueberry Pie

Peach and Blueberry Pie

"It snowed here this weekend, but I'm going to pretend it's still summer."  Sounds good, Kristine,...

Plum Jam

Plum Jam

Small batch refrigerator jams give you the pleasure of jam making without all the fuss of canning....

Oatmeal Scones

Oatmeal Scones

Here's a buttermilk scone that is every bit as delicious as a Cream Scone, just more rustic and,...

Chocolate Bundt Cake

Chocolate Bundt Cake

Easy to mix, you get to use your cute pan, and CAKE! I adapted this one from Amanda Hesser's...

Apple Pie

Apple Pie

My copy of Joy of Cooking has lived with me as a newlywed, new mother, widow, and through a move...

Molasses Crinkles

Molasses Crinkles

  Call me crazy, but I'm a fan of blackstrap molasses. When I encounter a recipe that...

Chocolate Cake Mini Loaves

Chocolate Cake Mini Loaves

  Chocolate cake.  Easy enough to stir up and enjoy next hour.  This recipe makes 8 delicious...

Sugar Cookies with Icing

Sugar Cookies with Icing

I hear my daughter's three-year-old voice every time I gaze at a beautiful bakery display,...

Blueberry Granita

Blueberry Granita

Blueberry and rosemary.  I stumbled upon this delicious combination when I was testing my granita...

Grapefruit Granita

Grapefruit Granita

The freezer in the Cancer Support Community's kitchen was giving me trouble during class last...

Apple Bars

Apple Bars

My first born believed "candy corn" was a toy until at least her fourth birthday.  I've eased up a...

Blueberry Granita

Blueberry Granita

Start this granita three hours before you want to serve dessert or make it a day in advance.  The...

Cocoa Buckwheat Granola

Chocolate for breakfast? Sure! Maximize nutrition with this cocoa buckwheat granola, adapted from...

Cashew Cream

Cashew Cream

Naturally sweet, creamy goodness made from ... cashews?  Believe it. One of the best takeaways...

Cream Scones

Cream Scones

You can stop collecting scone and shortcake recipes, this is the only one you need. I'm giving it...

Candied Kumquats

Candied Kumquats

"Be sure and eat the skin."   I shot my then boyfriend, Christopher, a skeptical look, but...

Stout Gingerbread Cake

Stout Gingerbread Cake

Dark, dark, dark.  Moist and spicy.  Sweet, but not overly so.  It would be so sad if you only...

Bourbon Candied Walnuts

Bourbon Candied Walnuts

A little something decadent makes a salad or cheese plate so much more interesting.  Make a batch...

Madeleine Cake

Madeleine Cake

We call this “madeleine cake” at my house because it is reminiscent of the tender and subtly sweet...

Chardonnay Sorbet

Chardonnay Sorbet

Another good excuse for enjoying Champagne!  Champagne, Chardonnay, Vouvray, really any white wine...

Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Bread

Elise Bauer from Simply Recipes makes the best pumpkin bread. I like her recipe because the...

Pastry for Fruit Galettes

Pastry for Fruit Galettes

Nothing says homemade like a fresh fruit pie, but making one requires planning and concentration,...

House Granola

House Granola

There are many types of granola, but this is my go-to recipe. The honey is key for making clusters...

Apple Chips

Apple Chips

Au natural, or sprinkled with a touch of cinnamon-sugar, you decide.  After pulling a couple sheet...

Bourbon Frozen Custard

Bourbon Frozen Custard

A zabaglione, sabayon kind of thing, only you douse it with Bourbon and freeze it...so, kind of an...

Peach Butter

Peach Butter

There's really no such thing as "too many peaches", but I felt that way over the weekend when last...

Jimtown Store Energy Bars

Jimtown Store Energy Bars

Pack these homemade energy bars on your next outdoor adventure and know you're eating real food....

Cherry Galette

Cherry Galette

A charming 100 year old farmhouse outside of Bozeman Montana provided the beautiful location. ...

Berry Pie

Berry Pie

Summer's here.  Make pie. Berry Pie makes 1 9–10 inch pie   6 half-pint containers of fresh,...

Madeleines

Madeleines

Madeleines. A scrumptious and festive little cookie. I’ve tried several recipes, but always return...

Strawberry Cashew Creams

Strawberry Cashew Creams

I wanted to post this dessert in the heat of summer because it is such a fabulous thing to do with...

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